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Month: July 2015

Mini Speech Communities

My colleague and friend Melanie Bruyers just sent me this quote by Bill VanPatten. It encapsulates what I strive to do with my level 1s and I think many who observed my Learning Lab at iFLT15 would agree: Inasmuch as

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New Product Sneak Peak – Rejoinders for authentic interaction

New Product Sneak Peak – Rejoinders for authentic interaction

At #iFLT15 I’ll be launching my latest product: Rejoinders for authentic interaction. Get your novice students interacting with you authentically and spontaneously in the target language.   Bryce Hedstrom defines rejoinders as short sayings that help to keep a conversation going.

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#iFLT15 Mugs are Ready!

Here’s a sneak peak at two of the 25 mugs I’ll have for sale at #iFLT15 on Tuesday! Handmade (by  my hands). Fired to 2400 degrees F. Microwave and dishwasher safe. Ready for your Caribou coffee or tea. For those

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Special Edition IFLT 2015 Mugs

Special Edition IFLT 2015 Mugs

I’ve found time to make a very few special edition mugs to commemorate iFLT being held at Tartan High School in my district here in MN.     If you’re coming, I hope you’ll pick one up.  From my hands to

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INSPIRING

Though there are many languages I’m eager to discover, German has never been one. Yet as a beginning German student, I found myself drawn in and very eager to keep learning! Our class readings have emphasized the importance of narrative form and emotional investment for connecting students to lessons and helping them create meaning. I thought this was a bit unimpressive. However, it only took the briefest experience as your student for me to see otherwise. I’m grateful for the opportunity you gave us to sit on the other side of the desk and try being beginners again.

Elizabeth Workshop Participant

MENTORING

I am without appropriate words to express how grateful I am for Grant's investment into my teaching career. I feel that I have been encouraged, stretched, challenged, supported, enlightened, and more. He is a wonderful mentor and colleague.

Laura Abuhl Spanish Teacher

LEADING

I have directed the iFLT Conference for several years, and 2015 was the first year we have ever had to turn students away! We had a waiting list of students who wanted to take classes, and that is a huge testament to Grant’s universal success in the classroom, his professional relationship with his colleagues and his stellar reputation in the community as an advocate and a catalyst for highly effective, all-inclusive language instruction.

Carol Gaab President, TPRS Publishing, Inc. / Director of iFLT

GROWING

Grant knows the value of taking risks, and his growth is the result of unmistakable passion and an incredible work ethic.

Steve Hilton Ceramics Professor, Midwestern State University

Grant is one of us that has worked hard over the years to develop his craft–and that can give all of us hope that we can get better too.

Bryce Hedstrom Teacher Trainer
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